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Professional Services 2024: DAN KOTTER
In August 2023, Kotter was tapped to become Greater Washington managing partner for Ernst & Young, replacing Kevin Virostek, who retired. Kotter has worked at EY since 1998 and previously served as an assurance partner. In addition to client-serving responsibilities, Kotter is responsible for managing Ernst & Young’s G[...]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2024: BEN ROTHROCK
Rothrock is now the highest-ranking Virginia-based boss of the Richmond Flying Squirrels Double-A baseball team, although he shares duties with Brendon Porter, the team’s president, who spends part of his time in Alabama. The 2024 season is Rothrock’s seventh as the Squirrels’ general manager, but most of the drama has hap[...]
Real Estate 2024: DERRICK SWAAK
A licensed broker in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., Swaak is co-chief operating officer, partner and managing broker for TTR Sotheby’s International Realty, which he joined in 2007 as a partner. The firm has handled some of the most expensive residential sales in the Washington, D.C., area, including the Fairfax Coun[...]
Banking | Finance 2024: MICHAEL T. HUTCHINS
In mid-March, Hutchins became interim CEO and a board member of the government-sponsored home mortgage company, replacing Michael J. DeVito, who stepped down after three years. Hutchins will fill the position until the company appoints a permanent leader or until Sept. 30. Hutchins, who boasts three decades in the financial se[...]
Banking | Finance 2024: FRANCISCO ‘FRANK’ CASTELLANOS
A native of Cuba who grew up in Texas, Castellanos has led the Greater Washington, D.C., market for Merrill, the wealth management division of Bank of America, since the end of 2022. Before that, Castellanos was Merrill’s Greater Virginia Market Executive and served as Hampton Roads market president for Bank of America. He als[...]
2024 Virginia 500: Health Care
STEVE ARNER PRESIDENT, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND CEO-DESIGNATE, CARILION CLINIC, ROANOKE ANTHONY ‘TONY’ BAKER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, TECHNICAL OPERATIONS LEAD, MERCK, ELKTON SETH BLACKLEY CEO AND CO-FOUNDER, EVOLENT HEALTH, ARLINGTON COUNTY SEAN T. CONNAUGHTON PRESIDENT AND CEO, VIRGINIA HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION, GLEN ALLEN LT. GEN. […][...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: MARK PETERS
On Sept. 3, Peters will succeed Jason Providakes as president and CEO of Mitre, a not-for-profit research and development corporation that manages federally funded R&D centers. Mitre has more than 60 sites worldwide, employing 10,000 workers. The corporation’s 200-plus labs develop innovations in applied science and techno[...]
Economic Development 2024: JOE BENEVENTO
Benevento was named the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corp.’s permanent president and CEO in April. He had served as interim leader since September 2023, after his predecessor, Bob Stolle, stepped down. The nonprofit operations arm of a state authority, VIPC provides strategic commercialization and funding support to Virgini[...]
2024 Virginia 500: Hospitality | Tourism
CHRIS ALBRECHT SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, CAESARS VIRGINIA, DANVILLE THOMAS J. BALTIMORE JR. CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, PARK HOTELS & RESORTS, TYSONS DOUG BRADBURN PRESIDENT AND CEO, GEORGE WASHINGTON’S MOUNT VERNON, FAIRFAX COUNTY JAMES CARROLL PRESIDENT AND CEO, CRESTLINE HOTELS AND RESORTS, FAIRFAX CHRISTY S. […][...]
Retail 2024: KEVIN MURPHY
Ferguson, an American-British plumbing and heating products distributor with about 35,000 employees, reported $29.7 billion in net sales in 2023. In August, the company announced its North American subsidiary, Ferguson Enterprises, would also be headquartered in Newport News, following a corporate reorganization. Ferguson has be[...]
Economic Development 2024: CHRISTINA WINN
Before taking the reins in Prince William County in 2019, Winn was the director of Arlington Economic Development’s Business Investment Group, where she played a major role in recruiting Amazon.com’s $2.5 billion-plus HQ2 East Coast headquarters. Prince William reported it had won 31 projects, representing more than $1.9 bil[...]
Government | Politics 2024: MICHAEL D. BILLS
The state’s biggest individual campaign donor, Michael Bills has become a lightning rod in Virginia political circles for who he funds — candidates who pledge not to take money from Dominion Energy — and who he doesn’t. The founder and chief investment officer of Charlottesville-based Bluestem Asset Management, Bills fou[...]
